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Saturday, 9 March 2019

United States Shipping Board screw steam ocean tug Volant 1919-


Owner on 1 August 1920 was the United States Shipping Board. Wood-built. Triple steam 834hp engine and 2 Scotch boilers. Gross tonnage 415 tons, net tonnage 197 tons and as dimensions 143 (between perpendicular)-151+ (over all) x 30 (moulded) x 17.6 (moulded depth) x 16.6 (loaded summer draught) feet. Built by Crowninshield Shipbuilding Company, Fair River, Massachusetts, USA in October 1919. USSB design 1055. EFC no. 1233.

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